Man Charged With Assault

DIGEST

February 6, 1998|Staff reports

Broward Sheriff's deputies arrested a man on Thursday on charges of pulling a gun on a 10-year-old girl at a bus stop.

The girl told police a man approached her about 7 a.m. Monday at 400 NW 29th Terrace. She said he pointed a gun at her head and told her, ``I killed a lot of people. I've been in jail a long time, and now it's time for me to kill you.''

She ran to a neighbor's house to call police. When deputies arrived, the suspect was gone.

Thursday morning, a deputy saw a man who looked like the suspect. Johnnie Blade, 18, of Fort Lauderdale, was arrested. The girl identified Blade in a lineup. Police think the incident may have begun with a dispute between the girl and another child.

Blade was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm. He was held in the Broward County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bond.